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FOLDING BABY CARRIAGE. No. 444,086.

Patented Jan. 6, 1891.

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No. 444,086. Patented Jan. 6, 1891.

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FOLDING BABY-CARRIAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,086, dated January6, 1891. Application filed August 25, 1890. Serial No. 363,057. (Nomodel.) Patented in England August 2, 1889, No. 12.268.

To cZZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT RosLINGToN BUCKTON, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, residing at Keighley, in the county of York, England,have invented a new and useful Folding Baby-Carriage, (for which I haveobtainedapatent in England,No. 12,268, bearing date August 2, 1889,) ofwhich the following` is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folding babycarriages in whichthe bearings for the wheels, the sides, the handles or shafts, andfoot-rests are constructed and arranged -so that they may be folded tooccupy less space and be less cumbersome than when in their respectivepositions for use, by which ineans their package for traveling byrailway or steamboat or their storage in any way is greatly facilitated.This l attain by the employment of the means illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional side elevationof a baby-carriage as when in use, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation ofsaine. Fig. 3 shows the carriage when folded and as seen from beneath.Fig. 4 is a side view of parts shown by Fig. Figs. 5 and 6 arerespectively side and sectional top views, enlarged scale, of the meansVfor hinging and holding the foot-rest. Figs. 7 and S are side and topviews, respectively, enlarged scale, of the hinge or joint for thehandles or shafts.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

l form and arrange the supports or bearings a a', upon which the wheelsl) b are mounted by the detachable studs c c', so that they may behinged, as at CZ (Z, to the part c,

vforming the base or bottom of the vehicle.

The hinging of these bearings a a on each side of the vehicle is such asto enable saine to be folded beneath the part e, each of said bearings aa being formed and mounted in such a manner as to fall clear of theother when folded, as shown by Fig. 3, and in order that the wheels l)ZJ attached to same may also fall clear of each other a slot co2 or a3is made in the bearings a a', respectively, to allow the studs c c toslide along when their respective nuts are slackened or unscrewed forthis purpose, thus allowing the wheels l) b and their studs c c toassume their respective positions shown by Figs. 3 and 4.

In order to retain the wheel-bearings a a in their respective positionsfor use, as shown by Fig. 2, a hinged stay-piece f is mounted so as toswivel about the pin f', from which it extends in opposite directions inorder that its claw ends may lay hold of the studs c c', by the nuts ofwhich the whole are tightly bound together. The stay-piece f is jointedat f2 and f3, so that it may be folded against the parte, as shown byFigs. 3 and 4e.

. The sides g g of the vehicle are made to fold over the upper side ofthe part e by being hinged thereto at g2 g3, and the part h, forming thecentral back-rest, is also hinged to the part e, so that it may befolded over said part when not in use, While when in its raised positionit binds or holds the sides g g together by means of the screws Zt 7e',passing through same and entering nuts enibedded in said part 7L. Theshafts or handles Z Z are hinged at Z2 Z3, so that they may be folded,as shown by Fig. 4, and the hinges Z2 and Z3 are constructed so thattheir lock or holding screws m may hold same rigidly either in theposition shown in full lines, Fig. 1, or in the position shown in thebroken lines of saine ligure, in which latter position they are suitablefor being held or handled by an adult person, while when in their formerposition they are suitable for a child to hold or handle them. Theholding-screws m are also employed for supporting the footrest n bypassing through the slotted brackets o. The foot-rests n n are alsoarranged by being suspended with the slotted brackets o o from theholding-screws m and m', so that they may be raised and slid within theparts g, g', and c, as shown in Fig. 4, and in broken lines, Fig. 1,when the carriage has to be packed, while, when in the position shown infull lines by said Fig. 1 and by Figs. 5 and 6, said brackets o o arerigidly held by their upper ends being pressed or forced into therecesses formed in their respective holdingplates p p by means of saidscrews m m.

That l claim as of my invention, and therefore desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

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The hinged bearings a n, having slots UF, parts being formell andarranged substanas slio\\'1i,tl1e wheels Z) b', the part e, thesl'aytially as herein, speeilie l,'for the purposes sol;

pecoj", jointed as described, the hinged sides forth.

f/ g', the hinged back-rest h, the jointed shafts 5 or handles l l', thescrews m m', the fooi-rests a n', the brackets o 0, and the recessedholding-plates p p, each and all of these several l ALBERT R. BUCKTON.

\Vi tfnesses:

SAMUEL HEY, JOHN WHITEHEAD.

